Chapter 136: Turmoil

Dingbian City, inside the General's Palace.

Although the entire army was wiped out and no one came out alive, the news of Shen Conglong's defeat was quickly transmitted back to Dingbian City, but the national capital Broken Leaf still had no news of reinforcements, as if the emperor had given up the border town of Dingbian.

The city guard Guan Zhen sat on the main seat with a rare blue face, looking at the generals at all levels who were standing in front of him, bowing their heads silently, and the anger in their eyes seemed to burn them to ashes.

"I told you to go out of the city quietly, not to leak your tracks, but have you heard of it? How can you go out of the city with such fanfare and not be discovered? There is no reason to be invincible! ”

After speaking, he patted the armrest of the seat, gritted his teeth and scolded:

"The morale of the defenders in the city is already low, and now they are out of the army, how do you say to make up for it?!"

All the generals bowed their heads in unison, not daring to speak.

Guan Zhen frowned and waited for a long time, seeing that no one answered, he was upset, and slapped the table next to his hand suddenly, due to the force, the teacup on the table instantly overturned, and the water in the cup flowed unrestrainedly on the table, and finally converged into a stream, which fell happily from the edge of the table, forming a puddle of water stains on the ground, washing away a thin layer of sand on the ground, and then stopping after spreading for a while.

Go from bad to worse.

Guan Zhen suddenly remembered this word in his mind, he didn't like it in his heart, he glanced at it and saw the generals in front of him who were submissive, bowing their heads and saying nothing, thinking of the fiasco of the night attack, he couldn't help but be angry again, stood up suddenly, grabbed the teacup in his hand and threw it in front of everyone, and shouted:

"You are talking! Are they all deaf! ”

Everyone was taken aback, and after glancing at each other, Wu Boyong's eyes flashed in the crowd, walked out, and bowed to Guan Zhen:

"My lord, although General Shen's whole army was wiped out, he lost to the enemy, so that he was too ostentatious, so that the enemy army had already prepared, and he was ambushed, and his subordinates believed that even if the soldiers of the country were defeated by 150,000 people, they were just a flock of sheep, plotting lions and tigers, and they would never be able to fight together, so"

Before the words fell, Guan Zhen waved his hand and said impatiently:

"A flock of sheep attacking a lion and a tiger? Joke! If this is the case, how can there be 5,000 lions and tigers swallowed by the flock and there is nothing left! After speaking, he took a deep breath, slowly exhaled it, and said with a frown:

"Where are the guards now?"

Wu Boyong was reprimanded for no reason, and he was not angry in his heart, but under Guan Zhen's anger, he didn't dare to refute, bowed his head and was silent for a while, and before Guan Zhen was angry again, he replied in a muffled voice:

"Lord Qiyu, for some reason, after the defeat of our army, the guards suddenly stagnated, and there are still two days away from Dingbian."

Guan Zhen frowned, looked at Wu Boyong for a moment, and said:

"Did you send someone to keep an eye on it?"

Wu Boyong said in a low voice: "Yes, someone has been sent to keep an eye on the guards, and as soon as there is a movement, the news will be transmitted back immediately." ”

Guan Zhen nodded, his eyes flickered for a while, he took a deep breath, and suddenly said, "Isn't there any news about the broken leaves of the capital?" ”

Wu Boyong shook his head and said, "No." ”

After Guan Zhen heard this, his face immediately became gloomy again, and he said, "Does General Shangguan have anything to say about the people arranged in Broken Leaves?" ”

Wu Boyong's face changed after hearing this, and after hesitating for a while, he shook his head and replied: "Since Lord Shangguan was recalled by the emperor to return to the capital to fight against the rebel party, the people he arranged have not been contacted. ”

Seeing Guan Zhen's frowns, Wu Boyong hurriedly continued: "However, the person sent by his subordinates to inquire about the news in the capital flew a pigeon and came back, saying that the capital shape shì doesn't seem to be very optimistic."

Guan Zhen's face changed greatly, he took a step forward, and said coldly: "Not too optimistic?!" ”

Wu Boyong was shocked in his heart, bowed his head and replied: "Yes, but my subordinates don't know the specific situation, I only heard that the emperor has not been in court for a few days, and now the government affairs are all handled by Prime Minister Murong Feng." ”

Guan Zhen took a deep breath after hearing this, his eyes flashed, and he said to himself: "No wonder the emperor hasn't sent troops to rescue until now."

He was depressed in his heart, remembering that he had always been Shangguan Yu's deputy, although he had participated in the military, but because he was the emperor's person, he had always been rejected by Shangguan Yu, and at this time he suddenly became the commander of the army sitting in a border town, and all the decisions were issued by him alone, and he felt inexplicably depressed and uneasy, and even wanted to escape.

He shook his head and looked up at the generals in front of him, although everyone stood silently with their heads bowed and silent, the coercive aura emanating from their bodies still rushed to their faces.

He suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of relief.

There was a sudden silence in the hall.

Since Guan Zhen didn't speak, everyone was silent, and after a while, he coughed lightly, and after gathering everyone's eyes on himself, he said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the guards don't know what the conspiracy is, the army is stagnant, but there must be conspiracy and trickery, and the capital is afraid that there will be an accident, for the sake of today's plan, how should we do it, and how should we defend the city?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and glanced at each other, Guan Zhen changed his tone almost instantly, and he was angry and aggressive just now, but he eased up at this time.

In the middle of the night, in the crowd, Du Wei Ma Zheng walked out and said aloud to Guan Zhen: "My lord, the last general thinks that although our army has experienced a heavy defeat, it has only lost 5,000 people, and our army has a strong city, and there is enough food and grass for several months to survive, although the enemy is twice as numerous as me, but there is no need to worry, as long as our army has the same hatred of the enemy and defends the city wholeheartedly, it can make the guards return in vain." ”

Guan Zhen's face looked better after hearing this, he nodded, walked back to the seat and sat down, and said to everyone:

"What do you think?"

The generals shouted in unison: "The last general swears to defend the city to the death, and he will definitely be able to repel the enemy army and defend the city!" ”

Guan Zhen laughed after hearing this, and was about to say a few words of consolation, but before he could speak, he saw Captain Zhang Heng walk out of the crowd and arch his hand:

"My lord, there will be a dangerous move at the end, I don't know whether to talk about it or not?"

Guan Zhen's eyes flashed, in this hall, most of the people were the people of the so-called "feudal town" Shangguanyu, although at this time they were forced by the pressure of the guards to reluctantly surrender to him, but there were very few people in their hearts who were really willing to listen to his orders, and there were only a few people who could be called the "imperial party", and Zhang Heng was one of them.

So hearing that Zhang Heng had something to say, Guan Zhen nodded and replied:

"If you have something to say, you don't have to say it!"

Zhang Heng hurriedly saluted and said: "My lord, the last general thinks that our army should go out of the city again, and take the initiative to attack the guards by surprise, if the arrangements are thorough, our army can win in one battle, not only can the guards be driven back to the old nest, and even lead the troops south, taking advantage of the situation to lay down Pingyan!" ”

Before Guan Zhen could speak, he heard someone behind him sneer: "Take the initiative? Do you want Dingbian City anymore? In case of defeat, what will be the consequences, have you General Zhang thought about it? ”

Zhang Heng's face was red, but his mouth was not forgiving, and he replied: "Wang Zhao, I don't blame you for not understanding the art of war, but if you talk nonsense, I will teach you, don't you understand the so-called dangerous tactics of war?" We've already attacked the guards once before, so how could they have expected us to attack again with all our army? Under its defenselessness and the strong combat capability of our army, it is not impossible to win with 60,000 against 150,000! ”

Wang Zhao sneered after hearing this, and said coldly: "I want to hear where the 'victory' in General Zhang's mouth comes from?" He didn't wait for Zhang Heng to speak, so he continued: "Dingbian is only two days away from the gathering place of the guards, once the troops are sent, the enemy will quickly react and prepare to meet the enemy, and then the sneak attack advantage will be gone, once it falls into a bitter battle, Dingbian is very easy to lose, can General Zhang bear the crime of losing the city?" ”

Zhang Heng laughed after hearing this, and replied: "I can't imagine that General Wang, who was in the limelight back then, followed Lord Shangguan and even the emperor to the south for decades, actually became timid because of a defeat at this time, and he was not afraid of other people's jokes when he said it!" ”

After speaking, he paused, glanced at Guan Zhen, and after Guan Zhen nodded, he walked up to everyone and said to them:

"Ladies and gentlemen, although Lord Wang sounds very reasonable, but in fact what he says is nonsense, what Lord Wang means" Before his voice fell, he heard Wang Zhao say coldly:

"Zhang Heng, if you can't say something insightful today, don't blame me for being unkind to you! It's still a little measured to speak, don't think that if someone supports you, I'm afraid of you! ”

Zhang Heng was furious when he heard this, stretched out his hand and pointed at Wang Zhao and scolded: "Wang Zhao, what are you talking about!" I didn't hear it clearly, there is a kind of you say it again! ”

Although Wang Zhao offended a powerful minister because of his bad temper, so that he had been in the army for many years, he was only a lieutenant, but he had outstanding military achievements and was respected by others, how could he have been scolded by people pointing his nose in front of many people? Seeing that Zhang Heng relied on Guan Zhen's momentum, he dared to be disrespectful to him, he trembled with anger, lost his mind, and suddenly rushed in the direction of Zhang Heng, and scolded in his mouth:

"Dare to scold me! Lao Tzu can't kill you! ”

Everyone didn't react, they were stunned at first, and they didn't understand until Wang Zhao was about to rush to Zhang Heng, and hurriedly stepped forward together to hold Wang Zhao, although others couldn't move, but their mouths were not idle, and they scolded loudly, saying: "Lao Tzu has made countless meritorious contributions, what battles have you never seen, and you want your milky hairy boy to teach me?" You don't pee on yourself either! ”

Zhang Heng's face turned angry after hearing this, and he was just about to open his mouth to scold, but in front of the audience, Guan Zhen, who had never made a sound, slapped the table violently and shouted: "Do you want to rebel!" ”

Only then did everyone calm down, although Wang Zhao was angry in his heart, and he was also dissatisfied with Guan Zhen, but at this time, after all, Guan Zhen was his main general, so he didn't dare to speak out, so he had to take a breath and quietly retreat back to his original place.

Zhang Heng also took a step back, and everyone returned to their respective positions.

Guan Zhen stood up and said to everyone: "This is not a war yet, you guys will mess up by yourself first!" Thinking that the war is imminent, I will first keep an account for you, and after the enemy is defeated, I will settle accounts with you one by one! You'd better be able to make up for it after the war, or you'll just wait to see it! Do you hear that? ”

The two bowed their heads together, and should claim to be.

In the hall, there was a dead silence.

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